Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 8873, Godfried Dreher, Penn

SERVICE
NUMBER
Penn
Dreher, Godfried Christina
W. 8873
CONTENTS

3772
Pennsylvania
Godfried Dreher
of Schuylkill Co. the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Sedel of the Rgt. commanded by Geyer in the Pennsylvania Mil. line for Private 10m. $33.33
Inscribed on the Roll of Pennsylvania at the rate of 33 Dollars 33 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 d day of Jan. 4 1833 and sent to Hon. H. C. Hunt through Hon. Rep.
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $49.99 Semi-ant. allowance ending 4 Mar. 1833 16.66 $66.65
{ Revolutionary Claim, { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Viral Luce Clerk, Book B. Vol. 6 Page 53

5312,
Pennsylvania Phila Christina Greher — widow of Godfried Greher Pen n who served in the Revolutionary war, as a Private —
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 — Dollars 33 —
Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1848.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Jan y 1850 and sent to
J. B. Wannier Reading Pa —
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 2, 1848, Page 220, Vol. 2

No 6271
Pennsylvania
Sup. 21 Dec. 1832
Obj. 4. 6. 14. 15. 16.
North H. A. Muhlenburg House of Rep's
Sup 1 Jan'y 1833
Obj. 16.
Admitted
10 memo Private
$ 33.33
n
2
1/2

BRIEF in the case of  Godfried Dreher of Schuylkill  County of Schuylkill in the State of Pennsylvania  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 74 & 75.  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days. As a Gen.     In 17 2 Private Capt Seidel, Col Fisher   Several months afterwards, 2 " do   a few months afterwards, 2 " Capt Melstine, Col Seager   some months after 2 " Genl Battarff   about a Year after 2 " Col Lindemuth   10  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Minden  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Windsor, County of Berks, Pennsylvania  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living & Traditional  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective except no certificate of credibility to the witness & no dates to his service 
I certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
Jas M. Wilson Examining Clerk.

To the Honorable Calvin Blythe President and his Associates Judges of the County Court of Common Pleas of the County of Schuylkill in the State of Pennsylvania now composing a Court of Common Pleas in and for said County this third - day of August A. D. 1832
The Petition of Godfried Dreher
Respectfully sheweth:
That an act of Congress was passed on the seventh day of June One thousand eight hundred and thirty two entitled an act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and soldiers of the Revolution". Your petitioner believing himself to be entitled to the benefit of that act - offers the following declaration of his case and prays the Court to declare their opinion upon the same, in pursuance of the regulations adopted by the Secretary of War -
his Godfried Dreher mark
State of Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County ss:
On this third - day of August A. D. 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the County Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County now composing a Court of Common Pleas, in and for said County Godfried Dreher a resident of Schuylkill Township in the County of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania aged between seventy four and seventy five years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832 -
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers and served a period of Ten months in the whole as herein stated - He thinks it was about fifty or or sixty years ago when he was first called into service he then resided in Windsor Township in the County of Berks and State of Pennsylvania - he was then drafted in the Militia and turned out as a private and served two months - the officers were Captain Godfried Godfried Seidel deceased - 1 st Lieutenant Jacob Moyer deceased - 2 d Lieutenant Michael Alspach deceased - Ensign Daniel Will deceased - Major Michael Lindemuth deceased - Colonel Baltzer Gehr deceased - He marched from Windsor Township aforesaid to Kutztown - thence to Allentown - thence to Easton thence to Amboy - & from thence after his term of service had expired he was permitted to return home - Several months afterwards he was again drafted in the Militia and turned out & served two months - his officers were Captain Godfried Seidel - Major Michael Lindemuth deceased - Baltzer Gehr

was the Col t but he did not go out that time as deponent understood he was obliged to remain in Philadelphia on other business - The other Officers deponent does not recollect at this time - He marched from Windsor aforesaid to Reading - thence to Philadelphia thence to Trenton - thence to Brandywine - He recollects upon this occasion at Trenton - capturing a British officer after shooting his horse and taking one of the baggage wagons from the enemy - This was after the battle of Trenton & the British had their head quarters at Princeton - the next day was the battle at Princeton but as deponent was on a scouting party he was not engaged in the battle - deponent also recollects that Frederick Hubley late of Harrisburg deceased held some command in the Army and occasionally exercised or drilled the battalion - Deponent was again permitted to return home and in a few months afterward was again drafted in the militia and turned out & served two months - His Officers were Captain Jacob Wetstone deceased - Colonel Yeager - General Battersby - all deceased - This time he marched from home to Reading thence to Philadelphia - thence to Chester - thence to Williamstown thence to Brandywine - at that time he was engaged at the Battle of Brandywine and was afterwards out on a scouting party and had a skirmish with the enemy - He was again permitted to return home after serving two months - Some months afterward deponent was again drafted in the militia & served two months as a private - His Officers were Captain Jacob Wetstone deceased - Major Bartlett deceased - does not recollect the other officers - at this time deponent was merely marched to Reading and after serving his time was again allowed to return home - He recollects at this time that one Mr. McMurtry became the Captain for one month in the place of Wetstone -
About a year afterward he turned out as a volunteer against the Indians and again served two months - his officers were Captain Wetstone deceased and Colonel Lindemuth deceased - He did not upon that occasion march out of the County but was frequently searching among the Mountains for the Indians who had murdered several of the inhabitants one Neigman & two of his children and also three of Northampton -
Deponent has no documentary evidence and knows of no person except Henry Briry who knows of his performing service - he thinks there must be some others who could testify but does not know where to find them - does not recollect the year he was born - was born in Windsor Township aforesaid

Deponent has no record of his age - he has has continued to reside in the same neighbourhood in which he was born to the present time - He never received any particular discharge from the service, he was always told to return home when the two months had expired -
Brook and Jacob Huntzinger in deponents neighbourhood know him and can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the Revolution -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity from the United States except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state -
Sworn to and subscribed to in open Court the 3 rd day of August A. D. 1832
his Godfried the Dreher mark
Jac. Hammer Prothonotary
Henry Brung on his oath declares and says that he recollects being out with Godfried Dreher at the Battle of Brandywine
Sworn to and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid -
Henry Brung
Jac. Hammer Prothonotary
We Frederick Charles Croll the a Clergyman residing in the County of Schuylkill aforesaid and Jacob Huntzinger residing in the same County hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Godfried Dreher who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration that we believe him to be between seventy four and seventy five years of age - That he is reputed and believed in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion -
Sworn and subscribed in open Court the day and year aforesaid
F. C. R. Croll Jacob Huntzinger
Jacob Huntzinger
Jac. Hammer Prothonotary

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states - and the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Jacob  Friedrich Charles Groll - who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the County of Schuylkill and that Jacob Huntzinger who has also signed the same is a resident in the same County and is a credible person and that their statement is entitled to credit. And the Court further declares it as their opinion that the statement of the applicant is substantially true.
By the Court
Jac. Hammes Prothry.
Pennsylvania Schuylkill County Ss.
I Jacob Hammes Prothonotary of the County Court of Common Pleas of the County of Schuylkill in the state of Pennsylvania do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Godfried Dreher for a pension.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office, at Orwigburg this third day of August AD 1832.
Jac. Hammes Prothry.
I hereby certify that Henry Orwig, of Orwigburg, whose name is mentioned above is a credible witness.
Henry Orwig N. 6. Dec 24. 1832
100627/16

Declaration.
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress of the 7 th July 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and Pension to certain widows And also of the acts of 3 rd March 1843 17 June 1844 and 2 nd February 1848 containing the aforesaid acts -
State of Pennsylvania Schuylkill County } S.S.
On the 20 th day of December A. D. 1849 personally appeared before me Charles Frailey one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for said County of Schuylkill Pennsylvania Christina Dreher aged 82 years and upwards, who being first duly sworn according to Law on Oath says - That she is a resident of Schuylkill County and State aforesaid, that she is the widow of Joseph Dreher deceased who died on the 24 day of July 1844 - That the said Joseph Dreher was a Soldier of the Revolutionary War, and for said services or in consideration of said services was Pensioned under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832 at the rate of $33.33 1/3 per annum which he continued to receive up to the 4 th March 1844 and that she now makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining a Pension under the act of Congress passed 7 July 1848 and the subsequent acts containing the aforesaid act,

And in evidence of the services of the said Godfried Dreher my deceased husband would refer to evidence on file on which he states he was presumed The further declares that she was not married to the said Godfried Dreher before the last of his services but that it took place prior to the first day of January 1794, that she does not remem- ber the precise period when, but that she was married to said Godfried Dreher by the Reverend John Decker of Pennsylvania, who long since died, and that that I have not been able to get any traces of his Books from which I could procure a copy of our Marriage, but will be able to prove our living together prior to 1794 and as man and wife, and afterwards up to the time of his decease, since which time she has remained his widow.
Sworn and subscribed her this 20 th day of December } Christina X Dreher 1849 Before me } mark Chas. Raisel one } of the Judges for } said County }
Witness Present at Signing of Christina Dreher } Jacob Hentzinger } Stephen Ringer }

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. 8873
Christina  Droher
Widow
Godfried  Droher
Pvt. Rev. War
Act: Feby. 2. 1853
Index:—Vol. A , Page 287
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Philadelphia Roll, Act of June, 1832 Godfried Dreher, P. 33:33 per annum. To what time last paid? Ans: March 4 1844,
644!
Pennsylvania Phila:
Christina Dreher — widow of Godfried Dreher — who was a Private — in the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 33 — Dollars 33 — Cents per annum, to commence on the 24th day of March , 1844. July. —
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 st day of Jan y 1850 — and sent to
J. B. Warner Reading Pennsylvania
[Act of JUNE 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. 2 — Page 106.

Godfried Droher
Godfried Droher
Payments to be made at Philadelphia. Penn a by the Pa t Bank U.S. Agent for paying Pension- ers, in the Agency of Pennsylvania
See
Recorded by Virial Luce Clerk, in Book D. Vol. 6 page 53
Captain Godfried Droher, 4th Regt. Penna. Line Colonel John S. Hengen, 5th Regt. Penna. Line For 2 nd Payment

WAR DEPARTMENT.
Revolutionary Claim.
I certify that in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 7th June, 1832, Gottfried Dacher of Schuylkill County of the State of Pennsylvania who was a Private in the Army of the Revolution
is entitled to receive Thirty three _____ dollars and thirty three cents per annum, during his natural life, commencing on the 4th of March, 1831, and payable semi-annually, on the 4th of March, and 4th of September, in every year.
Given at the War Office of the United States, this Second _____ day of January one thousand eight hundred and thirty- three
Lee Secretary of War.
Examined and } Countersigned. }
J. Edwards

No Christina Greher, widow of Godfried. Pa.
Act 17 June 1841
Married before 1794 Husband died 24 July 1841
Adm 10 months per share $33.33 per annum Comg 24 July 1844
Adm Act 2 Feb 1848
J. B. Warner, Reading, Pennsylvania

Allowed by order of Commissioner

State of Pennsylvania Schuylkill County S. S.
Charles Frailey one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania do hereby certify that this day personally visited Christina Dreher who signed the above declaration and who lives eight miles from Court House in the County aforesaid expressly to take the foregoing affidavit of the said Christina Dreher, she being too ill and infirm to attend court for the purpose of making her declaration. Witness my hand this 20 th day of December A. D. 1849.
Chas. Frailey one of the Judges for said County. —
State of Pennsylvania Schuylkill County S. S.
In the 20 th day of December 1849 Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for said County, Michael Busby and Jacob Hertzinger, who being duly sworn according to Law on their oaths say that they are well acquainted with Christina Dreher and were also acquainted with Godfried Dreher since that he received in his lifetime

a Pension from The United States of Thirty Three Dollars and thirty three Cents per annum That he was the Identi- cal husband of The Applicant Christina Dreher - That we knew both Godfried Dreher and Christina Dreher as far back and prior to the year 1794 - That they were living together as man and wife and continued so up to the time of The Death of the said Godfried Dreher which was on the day twenty fourth day of July A. D. 1844 since which time she has remained a widow.
Sworn and subscribed this 20 th day of Decr. Michael his  mark Busby. A. D. 1849.
Chas Frailey one } Jacob Huntzinger of the Judges for } Schuylkill County }
Pennsylvania Schuylkill County } I Charles Frailey one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for Schuylkill County, Penn- sylvania, do hereby certify that the above named Michael Busby and Jacob Huntzinger to whom I administered the Oath in the foregoing affidavit are both credible witnesses.
Witness my Hand Decr. 20 th 1849. Chas Frailey one of the Judges for said County.

State of Pennsylvania
Skuylkill County ss.
I Thomas Mills Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas of said County do certify that Charles Frailey Esquire before whom the within proceedings were taken is one of the Acting Judges of said County duly appointed Commissioned and Authorized and that I believe the signatures affixed to the affidavits and acknowledg- ments to be the signatures of the said Charles Frailey
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Court at Pottsville this 24th Day of December 1849.
Thomas Mills Prothonotary

Reading, Berks County Pa
Hon L. L. Edwards.
Sir.
I herewith transmit to you the papers in the matter of Pension for Christina Dreher, which you will please examine and if correct issue a certificate.
Also, the certificate of her deceased husband by which it appears that part of the last payment was not drawn, which if you think proper may include in the certificate to be issued for the widow.
Yours respectfully
J. B. Branner
att'y to Applicant.